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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 18, 1878

CALIFORNIA

[Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.]

Salem, Oregon.

Eld. J. N. Loughborough and party reached Salem on the morning of June 14. Eld. L. spoke to the church at this place Sabbath, June 15, and again on Sunday evening.

The sea voyage to Oregon was somewhat rough, and the whole company were seasick. Sr. White was so much weakened by seasickness that she rested over one Sabbath; but June 22 she spoke in Salem to a full house, and the next day was to speak to the prisoners in the chapel of the State prison in the forenoon, and in the evening give a temperance lecture in the Methodist church, the largest church building in Salem.

At the time of writing, June 23, preparations for the camp-meeting were going off well. The ground is beautiful, being a grove of about thirty fir trees one hundred and fifty feet in height, interspersed with those of a smaller growth. These, with their dark green foliage, contrast finely with the white tents and the yellow carpet of straw placed on the ground. The brethren have taken hold with a will to prepare for this their first camp-meeting.

Oakland, Cal.

In the SIGNS of July 4, Eld. Healey says that the interest here is increasing. The attendance for the week just past had averaged about three hundred. Bro. S. M. Meeker is assisting in the missionary work.

Rocklin, Cal.

Nine have signed the covenant here. The S. B. pledge is $105.80. A Sabbath-school has been organized, which will consist of about twenty members. Eld. B. A. Stephens now goes to Placerville, El Dorado county.